Inline Skating Addiction & Blood Toronto
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- Two roller crashes, multiple stairs and 'flow skating' by City Skater Bill Stoppard. City inline skating downtown Toronto on inline hockey skates. Rollerblading stairs, obstacles and streets.
The best inline skaters wear padding; on this day Bill is neither the best rollerblader nor padded. Inline skating wipeout/flow route is Toronto's business district, inline skates used are bauer RX20 inline hockey skates.
Remember, the best skater will pad it out when in doubt.
Someone once asked me: "Aren't you a bit too old to still be skating?", and I my answer was: "I'd certainly be if I did not".
You inspire me, Mr. Stoppard.
I started skating at 48 -- and now I'm 66! When I'm asleep & dreaming about skating, then of course I skate like you. ;^) When I'm awake, well.... that's a different story. But no matter how old we skaters get, we never stop learning and improving. Even watching videos of skating tricks I'll likely never be able to do physically still brings improvement in the things I do attempt to do. I love ramps, and love to hop off curbs and jump a little 2-step staircase we encounter on San Francisco's Friday Night Skate. I hope to work up to 3 steps eventually. When I fall, I always do it HARD, so I wear all the pads, helmet, mouth guard, etc., which let me concentrate on having fun rather than worrying about getting hurt. I hope to keep skating 'til I'm in my late 80's... maybe longer.
Julie Purpleskater try agressive skating
Good. I started at 30.. I'm 31... You'r my hope
Hi! How about now? Are you still skating? Did you learn something new?
thanks for showing the road rash...
'very real and much needed to know that the pros crash, too.
I used the heel brake heavily in the first intense year, then grew into other stops as confidence grew. When you take the brake off, it opens up stairs and drops to you, also makes drifting on and off curbs smoother.
Well I am almost 50 and I love my rollerblading. You must see the looks I get. Well I don't give a ..... have a problem . I just cant wait to get on my skates. Too little available time. If you do a search you will see most rollerbladers worldwide are between the ages of 30 and 60. Love you videos. Wear some pads. I only started wearing mine 2 month ago and been skating for a number of years. The padding just gives you more confidence.
Great to hear you have the fever. The skating demographic used to be older; in three years my skate vid viewers have gone from an average age of 40 to primarily 18-24 year olds. You'll finally have more company on the roads soon; which means the strange look effect might get diffused! Keep reppin hard J!
PintoPonyProductions just started skating im 16 trying to get into roller hockey your vides are very entertaining and educating, your a great skater keep up the good work.
A few years ago I wasn't very confident on skates as yet and I went down a long down hill. I increased speed so much that I was starting to worry on how I was going to stop. As I got closer to the end I tried grabbing a pole but at that speed it was useless and I fell on to the tar road. I had no protection gear at all. I twisted my knee badly and thought I would never skate. I just took it easy and after 6 months it was gone. I was back on my skates and know just not doing stupid things.
I will first practice moves and wont try anything I haven't practiced.
Still loving it more than before.
The same here in the UK. Just recently, over the summer, I've seen a few more young skaters around - things are looking up! What isn't looking up is the state of the roads and pavements/sidewalks here. You need to be pretty damn sure of your skill range before attempting them, or have done a recce beforehand. +jerseyboynaz I'm the same as you - a late starter at 48! And loving it. I resent every day that I can't get out on my skates, for whatever reason. Started out in July. I've progressed from car parks (drilling those skills) to parks, and aim to be on the roads (quiet ones!) by the spring.
49 now and hit 50 next birthday! Still street skating and love it more than ever! Never grow old!! Cheers for the great vids and tips from the UK!
Love the way you put it ... " i;m certainly too old if i;m not (skating)" LOL.
+Deen Mohd haha...how come you got to this video?
I just started skating 5 months ago. I'm 48. I really hope someday I can skate like you. I don't need to do stricks and stuff, just to flow fast, smooth and stop on a dime. Your videos are inspiring. Good to know that you crash too.
I have just had a vacation in the great city of Toronto! It was fun to see places that you skated all over the city. I admire how connected you seem skating through these concrete jungles. It seems your routes through the city are a progression of lines you have skated before. Your style of skating seems calculated and not just randomly sending unknown places. Thanks for all the years of great skate content!
I think your videos are awesome. You are my inspiration right now with Rollerblading. I am 27 and recently started to skate again. I tore up my skates recently after dodging a five year old little boy. Learned my lesson. Kids are unpredictable. So I bought some new skates with bigger wheels. They are K2's with 100 mm wheels. My old pair where 82 mm wheels. I am thinking of buying me a selfie stick like yours and recording my own videos. Thank you for the inspiration I used to think that nobody wants to skate anymore. They rather skateboard. I like rollerblades. P.S. I laughed hard when you fell on this video because of what you said and then you fell in the crack. lol!
James Mackey City Skater hey! It's me from your channel! Remember me? Ok well that can out as awkward but I'm subbed to you and watch your channel. Merry Christmas
Thanks for showing the real risks of skating. Most videos show only the skill and best skates. They never show the crash, which I do often and fear most... again, hats off to you for showing what can happen....
I love what you get up to and feel the need to get out of the ice rink and skate the city of London this spring/summer, your vids are great inspiration. keep it up, it's what keeps you going and why (some) others can only sit at their keyboard and mock. Carry on enjoying!!!
I think this is the first Bill Stoppard vid I ever came across while looking for a cyber skate bud. That wheel grab still makes me say, "NOOOOO!" when I see it coming. Nice tunes; Awesome 'tude - Yeay!! Thanks for getting me out of the rink/parking lots!
I am starting to skate in NYC so your videos are gold! I am so glad I found your page. Thanks for the videos really enjoy learning while watching as well as your personal narrative.
Thanks!
I've been watching your videos for like a week now, thats when I bought my first pair of skates. You have been a huge inspiration for me and of course a great teacher. Even on your worst days you still skate better than a lot of people out there. I hope to be able to skate like you one day. :)
AngellGaby hey thanks AG. Huge congrats on your new skates; I wish you many ‘rolls of a lifetime’!
I love your videos
yesterday i had an epiphany of roller skating and today i went out and bought some seba freestyles and watching your videos made me speed up the process of purchasing a pair of skates so thanks =]
Not that I enjoy seeing you fall; but I'm 45 and just put on a pair of skates for the first time and am an avid faller. I believe in always getting back up. It's nice to see someone lighthearted enough to take the falls and keep on going.
I'm enjoying your flow videos. Thanks for the motivation.
You're a legend dude! Love your skate flow
Just got 19 and now i want switch from ice skate to inline skate because of your vids!
Greeting from France!
Perfect voice, perfect narrative and perfect blading Mr Ash :)
Wow...very good video and scenery! I hope to get at least 50% of your experience some time. I´m completely new to the skating world (just began 3 months ago) but I am want to get better and better. Please use your protection kit the next times! :)
Your videos are great and encouraging to just step out there and discover the grounds... And yes, its annoying to hear ppl say "arn't you too old to skate" and a little more in my situation cuz you know, when a begginer you sometimes loose balance a woble on hard grounds. Love your vids and tutorials. AWESOME!
bill.. thanks for all your vids...
I love all of your videos :) it is helping me a lot so I can get ready for roller hockey. Thank you for the making those youtube videos.
Hello Bill.. He he. Nice video. I am 44 and i love to skate..
never stop skating, once you have a high level skill you have to utilise it. ive only just started skating but it is universal. keep going or die. but dont stop.
Love the slogans at the end of your videos. "Testing the limits of tissue repair".
Also, nothing more educative than a good fall.
Ha, not a big deal dude, i can fall TWICE the amount of times you did in less than a minute, what about that?!
You're awesome man, really.
Put helmet 9n like i do ;)
Roller skating is an excellent form of cardio. It will strengthen the heart and with a clean eating regime, a person can increase their years and quality of life. So be safe and keep skating.
Best advice I've ever got from a skater was "when you fall, don't think about how it looked like, just stand up and ride like it was nothing. Falling is part of the fun"
You are my inspiration, I am a beginner skater. A salutation from Mexico.
iv started practicing the agressive brake u do after the T brake ,, its difficult,, u make it seem so fluid man.
Great. Master!! 👏👏👏
dude, I am glad that I've found you! Great videos !!
Nice spills Bill! I wear mine proudly too. Without the odd war wound we aren't pushing our limits :-)
Excellent what your doing! Amazed at every video definitely my favorite program. I usually use h2o2 for the wounds, u are incredible --now that's living!
Bravo, brilliant video and understanding.
Best city to be skating!!!!! Lots of crazy downhills you can bomb down too and great set of skating community!!
Aren't you a bit too old to be skating? I really, really like your response: I certainly would be if I did not! Perfect! I wanna be just like the 75 years young man I found at Tremblant, still skiing like it was nobody's business.
i was thinking of buying skates
and bc of your videos im more then sure that im going to get rolling before summer ends.
good luck and see you around man.
Greg's fantastic; does some very cool city flows. Leon Basin also has some imaginative and technically astounding lines.
You are a good embasador for inline skates greetings from Aruba
Jonathan Ramada thanks Aruba!
Thanks D. I have done a couple of vids with screen in screen; from head shot and to skate shot. Thanks for letting me know it's a desired format, may revive it in a few future vids.
"...but I would not take it back!..."
Another awesome video bro, I love watching them!! I used to inline skate a lot when younger, nowadays I just skateboard... this makes me want to go back to my origins! Keep up the good works, your commentary always make my day haha ((:
Glad to see many such skaters alcoholic, nice video.
So I would like to join the ride in Toronto :-)
Best Regards Jan Zidek from Czech Republic
Summer Edit 2013
wow this beutyfuul :') i wan´t to cry,thanks for upload vidios!
Be careful out there today ... the Gravity Machine is on!
Very nice. Wish I could jump that well.
Great content! Thanks!
to fall is a karmic debt of heavenly pleasure that skating awarding to us.
Two nice falls!! The second you were moving pretty fast!
That's sensible M. I have a set of stretchy pads for elbows but only wear them when I 'plan' to fall. May have to schedule my falls more regularly...
Damn Bill, that looked like it hurt! A solution I had for pads vs no pads, was just to ditch all the pads but the wrist guards. They actually end up having multiple uses for me in the end.
I have been inspired to rollerskate more now but the only problem is that the area I live in there are way too many cracks everywhere
Yup I'm fifty and really enjoying skating.. So much so that I can never wait to get out and skate again.
I love your stairs rollerblading videos. Can you show us how to go up and down stairs like that, please?
I am with you on scar trophies. I gained one yesterday on my first ride with my new 90mm wheel skates. Like learning parkour hadn't given me enough injuries ... :P
Parkour is great prep for city skating. Enjoy w
I did some muscle damage to my shoulder ramp skating. Someones father at the park (who looked to be the same age as me) said that I'll break my neck doing these stupid things, and was offended when I replied it would be more fun than dying of heart disease. I'm 37 and pretty much a noob at skating but its much better than watching Macgiver episodes
Yo that fall was crazy hard
Eh, not so bad... Hopefully I'll be back to the skates in a few days....after attempting to do things waaaaay beyond my skill set over a week ago...road rash sucks. Great video, glad you weren't too beat up.
This is City Skating. Greg's a kind of city skater. This aspect of inline is only now gaining traction. Before the choice of portable action cams were good and affordable, it was simply too difficult to document even a short city skating flow properly.
Thanks for the huge ups Stevie!
You are a tough one!. I have to have my helmet, knee pads and elbow pads. If I fall, I may not can get up again...
Thanks for the specific props HP!
Nice video!
Thanks for the reply, i agree that the knee pads can affect your skating endurance, the wrist guards...no so much :)
Your narration style reminds me of the writer and reader, David Sedaris.
Had a bad crash after overly ambitiously skating for groceries and trying to come back down a hill with a 20kg backpack. It's taken 6 weeks now for the last knee to heal over, still very red and sensitive.
And I did have knee pads on...
There is something almost hypnotic in watching you skate and listening to you talk... What do you think, is 32 years "young" too late to get back to skating? I used to be almost as good as you... but I was 18 back then. Hadn't skated in almost 15 years, but I still dream about it sometimes...
It's not too late - I think you should go for it. I used to LOVE going rollerskating and ice skating - it's great exercise if nothing else :)
32 too old? Never...but maybe I say that because I'm 34 and just got back to it after 18 years.
How old are you Bill? Just so you know, you're my inspiration in case of improving myself. Thanks for everything!
25y old from Poland! :)
Mnie też inspiruje.
Oglądam od niedawna. :)
@@jayce704 Mnie też.
Padding affects the intensity and duration of my skate sessions because of heat, especially in the summer. My new answer after these wipeouts may be shorter, more intense, padded sessions.
don injure yourself ,we like see more of your video
Correct. Skating gives you cardio, cardio k3eps you young ;) i am 31 i am starting skating.. I had my crashes already ;)
very good.bill
Theme Music...Roll on!
Wow, I fucking love this guy
Dude your legs are JACKED
Bro I just came back from Vancouver it's the place to be mr pinto, wasn't able to meet mr leon but I meet keny tico, may I just say it's one of the
Excellent, flood TH-cam with City Skating Bro!
If I lived in America this would be the first place I went to,to skate.
Hi, Bill. I'm Drew. Just wanted to drop a comment since I've been binging on your channel (I don't normally comment because of how comment sections can be) and have spammed your channel around my office and social media to interested parties.
It took me about 2 videos worth to get used to the selfie stick but I've grown quite fond of your videography. I am greatly enjoying your well articulated narrations and informative insights to skating and am enthusiastic to start skating soon. I just need to pick the right skates. Could you throw some advice my way for someone that is 183cm tall, 75kg and severely out of shape? ok the only important detail here is I'm a noob, haha!
Ultimately, I think I want to find myself in something with 110mm wheels for the speed and comfort on less-than-ideal surfaces (city skating mainly). I say think because I'm anticipating my preference may change once I get into it. My main intent is for a good workout but I really want to have fun while doing it so I can somewhat ignore (not to be synonymous with deny) the fact that it's a workout.
I'm sure you probably answered these inquiries in your videos somewhere but if I researched it without asking I wouldn't be able to be engaging, now would I?
Thanks in advance and I look forward to more awesome videos!
next holiday? Toronto!!!! just me and my 8 wheels :)
I’m 65 and still skating, and yes I would be a different 65 if I didn’t.
Good answer Bill.
I am not addicted. I just skate for pleasure. I can stop anytime;)
Just happened upon your vids and am hooked. Love to street skate but don't know and can slow down with a "T" but need to learn how to finish like a hockey stop. Any vids or tips for me? -peace
Hello I enjoy Your vídeos and narrative. Where can i aquire that awsome stick camera??
He uses a go pro taped to a hockey stick
Today i just started skating, the last time when i was 12...now i am 28 and like 2 hours ago i fell down on the street ( my arm hurst a lot ).
I want to skate again and i am pretty sure is not that easy.
I go to a skating rink place with my friends every Friday and there's a guy that skates there and he's in his sixtys
Love the movies...and see the places you roll in. Will it work to view in parallel the head camera with the hand one ? So we can see where you go and in parallel the legs work? ! Pls consider... :-)...might be nice to watch. Waiting for your next move...take care
Well I skated both roller blade and skateboard. Definitely for me skateboard is much less traumatic than roller blade. When you feel you're losing control, you can jump off the board any time you want and stand on your feet. But yet it is unclear for me, how to act in the same situation skating roller blade.
человек Адам Pretty cool to do both; way to go человек!
PintoPonyProductions put that go pro stick away. You can wrap your go pro around your leg or just keep it on your head. You will feel better skatinf without that stick. And if you fall you can atleast catch yourself with both hands. But those were sick moves bro. Im not planing to become as good as you because i actualy enjoy soccer a lot, but i might go sk8ting once a week. Great video keep up the good work, and dont use the stick.
Without the monopod the video would be unwatchable. Of course if you'd like to send me a video drone that tracks; I'm in!
PintoPonyProductions haha. Il get you one right now. But I mean if you could wrap the go pro around your leg we could see the track better. But we wouldn't be able to see what you are doing, so yeah you've got a point there. But you are very well at this. And you fall and stand up and go right into it again, good job keep up the hard and good work.
Too good
wow im really enjoy your videos. i just started skating and im learning alot from watching you. maybe gonna make my own videos :)
Hey, I'm a beginner skater, and your videos are very inspiring :-)
What is your opinion of the heel brake? (currently my own method of controlling speed)
Is it like 'training wheels' for a bike, to be removed when proficient, or do you not use it simply because you use hockey skates? Thanks :-)
I just bought a pair of Seba Highlight Carbon. Not sure if it is a good pair of skate for a marathon inline skate in Berlin. Not sure what your opinion is from an expert skater of using that kind of skate for a marathon?
Yeh I'm a freak! Falling is implied
not to criticize but for the music u could always use a song from the free youtube music library such as the song: hang ups (want you) - Otis McDonald. or even part of the track if u wanted. u can mix up the music. don't be afraid to make the music free with ur skating. love ur videos!!!
Dang, that looked like it hurt. Did you get away without any major scrapes?
Jan Zidek- Proc ty videa nemas pristupne i pro mobily? Nechapu?